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The Moon on Saturday, December 16, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on December 16, 1944Waxing Crescent

Saturday 16 December 1944381,955 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 16, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
381,955 km237,336 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1944 is on Friday, December 29, 1944 at 14:38 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 15, 1944 at 14:35 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 15, 194414:35
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 22, 194415:54

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Saturday, December 16, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 1944 to the new moon of January 14, 1945, a cycle of 29.61 days.